Francesco Gardin is Brainspark's chairman of the board. Born in Rovigo, Italy on 2nd December 1954, he graduated in Theoretical Physics at Padova University in 1979, before undertaking a UK Government research project at Exeter University (UK) from 1980 to 1982. In 1983 he was employed by the Italian National Research Council and from 1984 to 1985 he worked at the European Union Research Centre in Ispra, Italy as Co-ordinator of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Since 1984, he has been Associate Professor at Udine, Milano and Siena University lecturing in Artificial Intelligence, Man-Machine Interaction and related topics. His academic writing include more than 50 individual and joint publications. In 1983, Francesco Gardin founded AISoftw@re to develop and distribute artificial intelligence systems within Italy. Since then he has been Chairman of the Company. He has been a member of various scientific committees and working groups and throughout his career he has been responsible for introducing various leading edge technologies to the commercial world (e.g. in 1995 he organized the first conference on the Internet for the Italian banking community and in 1996 the first Italian conference on e-commerce held at the Milan Stock Exchange), co-designed in 1995 of the 3D Desk, one of the first 3D visualization devices worldwide. Francesco Gardin is now non-executive Chairman of AISoftw@re, now called Exprivia, which went public on NASDAQ Europe in 1999 and Milano Stock Exchange in 2000. The company currently employees 700 people and has revenues for 2005 of approximately 50 millions euros.

Prof. Francesco Gardin is the Executive Chairman of Brainspark Board with an active management role and he is also a member of the Investent Committee

David Meacher is Brainspark's non-executive board member. He has over fifteen years of experience in international investment banking and strategic consultancy. He is a partner of City Capital Corporation Limited, a UK based boutique investment bank which focuses on corporate finance and capital markets for mid-sized UK and continental European corporates. David began his career at The LEK Partnership, a UK strategic consultancy firm where he acted for a number of FTSE100 UK corporates. He then joined Bankers Trust International where he worked in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets gaining experience in both Western and Eastern European markets. He moved to Robert Fleming to focus on European equity capital markets and led numerous offerings covering a range of sectors including technology and telecommunications. In 1999, David led the Initial Public Offering of AIsoftw@re, the parent company of Brainspark, until the 2003 de-merge. Prior to starting up City Capital, he worked at Schroder Salomon Smith Barney where he was responsible for the telecoms equity capital markets business in Europe. In 2000, this business assisted its clients raise an aggregate of almost US$35 billion. David graduated with an M.A. in Mathematics from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University. He was born in Aylesbury, England in 1963 and lives in London.

Mr. David Meacher is a non-Executive Director of Brainspark Board, he is also a member of the Investment Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee.

Edward Burman is Brainspark's non-executive board member. For many years he worked as an independent consultant in the Telecom and Internet sectors, and was from 1999 to 2003 the Senior Partner responsible for those sectors in Ambrosetti Ltd (Milan), Italy's most prestigious native consulting firm. He was also a Director of Ambrosetti Stern Stewart, a joint-venture offering Stern Stewart services in Italy. He has taught as a visiting professor on MBA courses at the universities of Kent and Bologna, and has been a regular occasional lecturer at the Italian Naval Staff College, Henley Management College and Renmin University in Beijing.. Since the beginning of 2003 he has lived and worked in China, where he has worked as a strategy consultant with Sinostrategy Ltd of Beijing and as CEO of Fizi Ltd in Shanghai. At present he is engaged in developing the new Brainspark project in China. Edward has published fifteen books, including Shift: Hope, Hype and History in Internet (John Wiley, 2003), and is at present completing a book entitled Stealth Empire about present and future trends in China, to be published early in 2008.

Mr. Edward Burman is a non-Executive Director of Brainspark Board and the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

VILLA Alfredo Maria, 44, non-executive director, graduated in Economics at Geneva University.
Mr. Villa’s career started at Banca della Svizzera Italiana as currency option dealer, and then joined Soginvest Banca (CIAL Group), In 1991 he co-founded in Lugano, Switzerland, Givigest Fiduciaria SA, a firm actively involved in investment banking. In 1994 he co-founded SCF SA, a financial consulting firm offering asset management services. This two companies were sold in 2001.
He is a ‘Chartered Technical Analyst’ (CTA) qualified by US Market Technicians Association in New York, and a ‘Stock, Option and Futures Broker’ certified by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), as well as an authorised Financial & Commercial Fiduciary in the Swiss Canton of Ticino.
Mr. Villa's current activities are based mainly in Italy where he is a board member and partner of Gabrielli & Associati in Milan a financial consulting company who just sold a private fund with 100M euro under management and a board member and a shareholder of Mediapolis S.p.A a real estate company established to develop the largest amusement park in Italy.
Mr. Villa is also an independent consultant and private investor in several venture capital companies. He is also a Director of a Nasdaq listed Company.
Mr. Villa is also Chairman of “Fondazione Settembre Onlus” and VP of “Homes for Hope” Charities.

Mr Alfredo Villa is a non-Executive Director of Brainspark Board and the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

Mr Dennis Bailey became a member of the London Stock Exchange in 1968, a Partner in Hichens Harrison & Co, one of the oldest firms of stockbrokers having been established in 1803, and later a joint owner of the business, which was sold to Sanlam of South Africa in May 2001. In his 35 years with Hichens, Harrison & Co, Mr Bailey was engaged in discretionary investment management and later Head of Corporate Finance involved in new issues and takeovers. Mr Bailey resigned as Managing Director of Hichens, Harrison & Co plc in May 2004. He is now Chairman of Financial Fun Limited, a company engaged in investment management support and company research for takeovers.

Mr. Dennis Bailey is an Executive Director of Brainspark Board with an active management role and he is also the Company Secretary.